One Piece: Buggy the Clown from Arkham

“…God’s avoidance.”

Zoro barely turned over, his chest was wrapped in bandages, and his breathing was heavy.

He stretched out one hand to pull up his hair, and kept replaying the style of that knife in front of his eyes, the black lightning that absorbed his mind, the arc of the knife that was like a swallow’s tail...

God’s avoidance, the domineering power that forced the gods to avoid it.

Every time it was replayed, Zoro could feel his wounds aching.

The swordsman did not avoid it, but cherished this feeling.

He grabbed his hair and closed his eyes.

He replayed the style of that knife more frequently, replayed his state when facing that knife, and replayed the fear that suddenly surged in his body and mind at that moment.

Memories will continue to disappear, only this feeling will be engraved into the swordsman’s bones and become the nutrients for another attack.

Once again, how should I face this knife again?

Zoro seemed to be in a state of high tension and excitement, fine beads of sweat penetrated the bandages, and together with the blood, stains were stained on the white bandages.

The atmosphere on the Sunny was particularly depressing. Brook used his bow to gently drag the strings. The desolate sound of the piano seemed to bring everyone's emotions into it.

Sanji was in no mood to cook. He leaned against the side of the ship and kept smoking. His hair covered his eyes.

Usopp seemed to have said something. He clenched his fists and was helpless.

Franky was pouring oil into his fuselage. His mechanically modified face was full of solemnity.

Chopper was holding a bandage and a medicine bottle, at a loss.

In front of him was the captain who buried his face in the deck and covered himself with a straw hat.

They had experienced a terrible defeat.

Failures often happened in Luffy's previous adventures. His companions would always be separated. Rogue Town, Alabasta, Sky Island, Seven Water City, Judicial Island, Marineford...

None of them were easy.

I must say that the blow Luffy suffered at this time was almost comparable to when Ace died to save him.

A sentence was also echoing in his mind.

"You are using the life of one ally to exchange for another ally, that's what you are doing now."

"You should thank me for my kindness."

"..."

"Two billion... I can accept it..."

"Just give our captain back!"

Luffy's heart felt like it was twisted tightly.

"Chopper..." He raised his head slightly, flattened his face, and tears flowed straight down, "I lost Nami."

Red Nose was stronger than him, but this did not cause much of a blow to Luffy. There were many people in the world who were stronger than him, and he saw it when he was on the battlefield.

Luffy would never lack the courage to punch such a strong man.

But what really hit him was what he said.

He lost his ally.

"It's not your fault, Luffy!"

The reindeer waved the bandage anxiously, "We all just want to bring Robin back, and Nami is not lost, she just temporarily goes with that devil for a while..."

"That's no different from being lost!"

Chopper covered his face and ran around. When he thought that Nami-chan would have to spend half a month with that devil red nose, the reindeer horns were trembling.

"Devil red nose!"

"Poor Nami-chan!"

"Have a good journey, we will definitely remember you!"

Chopper and Usopp gathered together and threw paper boats into the sea.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Zoro pushed open the door of the deckhouse and saw this scene.

He was sweating all over, as if he had just been fished out of the water. His eyes opened and closed, like a wounded eagle, and his ferocity was completely aroused.

"Is this all you can do, Captain?"

"And the stinky cook, the knight lost the princess, you should die to atone for your sin, bastard."

"Zoro!" Chopper hugged the swordsman's calf, his eyes rolling.

His voice was full of pleading.

He was afraid that the group of companions he had finally found would fall apart.

Sanji and Luffy did not answer, one had already lit all the cigarette butts, and the other was lying on the green ground on the deck, as if dead.

"If you are at this level, just ignore what I said."

Zoro carried the three swords on his shoulders, turned around and took two steps.

"Kamabaka Kingdom."

Sanji's fingers kept rubbing on the cigarette butt, and there was a faint smoke floating.

He did not look up, but stood up silently, "I heard it clearly, it's called Kamabaka Kingdom."

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

"Nami is not dead, just going to be a host for a day?"

Usopp spread his hands, with a very strong premonition.

"We just need to wait here for her to come back. The Joker and the Shichibukai's ship have already sailed far away. We don't even know where their destination is. Are you going to intercept them in the Kamabakka Kingdom?"

"The Joker's men haven't come out yet. And the Crocodile, Kaido, and Robin, maybe they are all in this Maka Kingdom?"

"Are we going to rush up like this and bring them all back?"

Usopp waved his hand, as if he was amused by his own words, "Stop joking."

"Thank you, Usopp."

The most depressed captain raised his head at some point, listened carefully to the advice of the great god, and nodded.

"I know what to do!"

Zoro and Sanji stood behind him.

"Hey, hey..." Usopp opened his mouth, "Do you know where this Kama Baka Kingdom is? Maybe it's in the East Sea, North Sea or West Sea?"

"In Paradise."

Brooke's music entered a new stage, and the gloomy rhythm gradually turned into firmness and generosity.

"I went there decades ago, and then I quickly escaped from there."

Brooke kept silent about why he escaped, saying that he and his former partner had sworn not to mention it again.

"Then let's go back."

"Let's go to Kama Baka Kingdom and bring Nami and Robin back!"

...

...

"This woman is quite familiar."

Baki touched his chin and saw that Nami had become friends with the women of the Perfume Serpent.

The wild and beautiful female hooligans seemed to be quite curious about the delicate little thief, and soon the two sides evolved into a posture of arm in arm.

Nami seemed to be good at getting along with the female hooligans.

"This woman..."

Hancock leaned on the railing of the ship's tower, and the corners of her mouth twitched unnaturally.

She always disliked that little thief.

It was a kind of dislike that was hard to describe,

like...a person wearing a mask envied a person who didn't need a mask, that kind of openness and wantonness, who could show their inner thoughts without caring.

"Are you...envious?"

Baki came closer and leaned against the railing with her.

As soon as the word envy came out, Hancock's face froze and her eyebrows raised.

"How could I be envious!"

Then there were words that boasted about herself, such as the most beautiful woman in the world, the strongest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the Pirate Queen.

Baki listened to it in one ear and out the other.

Leaning on the railing, he smacked his lips again.

"You are envious of her, because she didn't have a slave past that you couldn't talk about."

His voice was very soft, so soft that only Hancock beside him could hear it clearly, but when it fell into her ears, it was no less than dropping a nuclear bomb.

The whole world was swept by the shock wave of the explosion, and all the sounds suddenly turned into roars.

Hancock's face was pale.

On the deck, the two sisters seemed to have noticed something and raised their heads, only to see that their sister turned her head and hid her face.

"...No."

Hancock's fingers turned white and numb, and it was difficult to breathe.

"You are afraid." The clown continued, staring at him, but Hancock lowered her head and didn't dare to look at him at all.

"Hehe..." The clown suddenly grinned twice and tilted his head, "Tiger lit a fire, and I also lit a fire. Do you know why I lit this fire in the Holy Land at that time?"

"I have never been a slave, and I don't hate the Celestial Dragons, but I like the hatred in the eyes of those slaves."

Buggy closed his eyes and recalled the first time he landed on the Holy Land.

"The hatred boiling to the sky is because of this pile of hay, so I can light the fire."

"Of course, if no one goes to light the fire, the hay will only be hay, and leaving that environment will not change the fact that it is about to die."

Hancock's body was trembling. The past of a slave was the darkest place in her heart. The fear of falling into the seabed was completely aroused by the clown's words.

People who have not experienced it cannot understand such fear.

My mask was completely torn off.

"When I mentioned the Celestial Dragons..." Buggy leaned close to her ear, "I saw the same hatred and fear in your eyes."

"As a former slave...fear."

Boom--

Hancock's eyes shrank sharply, and the domineering aura of the king burst out instantly. The momentum was as surging as a tide, and the impact that hit the heart and will directly caused most of the unprepared female warriors on the deck to fall down.

The female warriors who did not fall down held their weapons nervously, not looking at Snake Princess, but looking at the clown next to Snake Princess.

These two... broke up?

Hancock stared at the clown, her long black hair fluttering like a fan, and the golden snake ornaments hanging on her earlobes jingled.

Like a wild beast, she stood in front of the hole in her heart, intimidating anyone who approached.

Even the clown was no exception.

Such intimidation had little effect on the clown, but instead stimulated the more frenzied demonic dominance in him.

Black lines swept across the entire Perfume Serpent like a storm.

Not to mention the remaining female warriors, even the two serpents pulling the boat and Hancock's two sisters could not withstand such an impact.

The body took precedence over the will and activated the protection mechanism - fainting.

"Can't accept it? It's embarrassing to be so lowly?"

The clown suppressed her momentum and stared at her.

The word lowly further stimulated Hancock's extremely sensitive nerves. She almost felt suffocated, and the painful memories of the past could not stop coming up.

The more so, the more Hancock pretended to be indifferent.

"No!"

She glared with anger, denying her past that was difficult to talk about.

She even had the urge to kill everyone on the ship.

When she stared at the clown, the ability of the Sweet-Sweet Fruit had already been activated, and its effect was that as long as the other party had a heartbeat, they would be petrified directly.

The clown was not affected at all, but Hancock herself, her heart was so fast that it seemed to be about to jump out. She was afraid that when all her identities were revealed, her dignity would be gone, and all her envy would turn into contempt.

She was so scared that she went crazy!

All the blood seemed to rush to the top of his head, and there was no trace of blood in his body.

"Pfft hehe hehe..." The clown licked his lips and suddenly started laughing while holding his belly.

"What do you think I'm going to do?"

"To expose that embarrassment to humiliate you and force you to accept it?"

"No, no, sweetheart."

After the clown finished laughing, he put his arm around Hancock's shoulders again. She was like a puppet, without any strength to resist.

"No, I don't need these boring things."

"I just want to tell you that as long as you want it, the past doesn't exist."

"It's like a magic trick..."

The Joker leaned against Hancock's ear and held her in his arms, "Do you want to see this trick?"

What does he mean?

Hancock's brain was a little exhausted, but the close distance made her whole body feel hot. The excitement in her heart after the secret was revealed intertwined with this heat, as if her brain was going to be burned out.

I should kick this man away...

In order to keep his secret, he must be sunk to the bottom of the sea thousands of meters, and everyone who may know must be sunk to the bottom of the sea...

Absolutely not, expose that extremely ugly mark on your back!

"think…"

This was the only sentence that came out of her mouth.

The tearing sound was very soft, and she could feel the clown's fingers running across her back, cutting open the purple cheongsam.

Hancock shivered even more violently. The clown's eyes were looking at his back, looking at his most unacceptable past...

She felt that her entire back was exposed, and all her secrets were revealed.

The clown's fingers crossed the barrier of the silk cheongsam and pressed on his back.

"Want to see the magic in action?"

"do not be afraid."

Bucky put his other hand on the empress's neck, then lifted her head up and turned it to the back.

A very bizarre picture.

He took off the head of the woman in his arms and turned it around, just so that she could see his back.

She could see with her own eyes that her originally close-fitting cheongsam had been changed into a backless dress, and the hooves of the Heavenly Soaring Dragon that were originally printed on her back... turned into a smile.

"You can take off your little mask and just smile."

"Because I believe that anything that doesn't kill you will make you...weird."

The corners of Hancock's mouth raised several times and then dropped again. She wanted to smile, but the tears were so powerful that they pulled the corners of her mouth down again.

She opened her mouth and her breathing became extremely smooth.

First he sobbed silently, and then tried to laugh out loud, but after laughing twice, he couldn't help but cry.

Hancock looked closely at his back and wrapped his hands tightly around the clown's body. All the tension and fear turned into uncontrollable joy.

The clown holds a dumbfounded head in his hands.

"Now, we can vent our hatred to our heart's content."

"Set the world on fire."

Egghead, has arrived.

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